Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in a Conflict Area: A Cross-Sectional Study in South Kordofan, Sudan by Rofida Asmally, Abdelmalik A. Imam, Abdullatif Eissa, Abubakr Saeed, Ahmed Mohamed, Eahaa Abdalla, Mariam Alazraa M. Esmaeel, Mariam Elbashir, Mohamed H. Elbadawi, Mohammed Omer, Raghad Eltayeb, Ranya Mohammed, Tibyan Abdalhamed, Tina Merghani

“…Water samples, patient forms and questionnaires were collected using convenient sampling for targeted villages and for attendants of mobile clinics. Laboratory analyses were conducted on water samples. …”
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Five-Year Predictors of Insulin Initiation in People with Type 2 Diabetes under Real-Life Conditions by Sandro Gentile, Felice Strollo, Francesca Viazzi, Giuseppina Russo, Pamela Piscitelli, Antonio Ceriello, Carlo Giorda, Piero Guida, Paola Fioretto, Roberto Pontremoli, Salvatore De Cosmo, the AMD-Annals Study Group

“…We performed a real-life analysis of clinical and laboratory parameters, in orally treated T2DM patients aiming at identifying predictors of insulin treatment initiation. …”
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Protocol for generating a pancreatic cancer organoid associated with heterogeneous tumor microenvironment by Kenta Takeuchi, Shunsuke Tabe, Yuya Yamamoto, Kenta Takahashi, Megumi Matsuo, Yasuharu Ueno, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Soichiro Morinaga, Yohei Miyagi, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Naoki Tanimizu, Hideki Taniguchi

“…FPCO can provide a platform for establishing a reliable drug screening system.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Takeuchi et al.1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Energetic disorder dominates optical properties and recombination dynamics in tin-lead perovskite nanocrystals by Dandan Wang, Yusheng Li, Yongge Yang, Chao Ding, Yuyao Wei, Dong Liu, Hua Li, Huan Bi, Shikai Chen, Sujun Ji, Boyu Zhang, Yao Guo, Huiyun Wei, Hongshi Li, Shuzi Hayase, Qing Shen

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Development of machine learning models for predicting non-remission in early RA highlights the robust predictive importance of the RAID score-evidence from the ARCTIC study by Gaoyang Li, Shrikant S. Kolan, Franco Grimolizzi, Joseph Sexton, Giulia Malachin, Guro Goll, Tore K. Kvien, Tore K. Kvien, Nina Paulshus Sundlisæter, Manuela Zucknick, Siri Lillegraven, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Bjørn Steen Skålhegg

“…This study aims to predict 6-month non-remission in 222 disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD)-naïve RA patients initiating methotrexate monotherapy, using baseline patient characteristics from the ARCTIC trial.MethodsMachine learning models were developed utilizing twenty-one baseline demographic, clinical and laboratory features to predict non-remission according to ACR/EULAR Boolean, SDAI and CDAI criteria. …”
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Multi-task aquatic toxicity prediction model based on multi-level features fusion by Xin Yang, Jianqiang Sun, Bingyu Jin, Yuer Lu, Jinyan Cheng, Jiaju Jiang, Qi Zhao, Jianwei Shuai

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Retrospective Analysis of the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Single-Center Cohort in Romania and Comparison with National and European Data by Zsuzsánna Simon-Szabó, Sándor Pál, Aliz Pándi, Zsuzsanna Gáll, Hajnal Finta, Zsuzsánna Incze-Bartha, Cristina Maki, Manuela Cucerea

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Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Differently Processed Smoothies and Fresh Produce from Austria by Sonia Galazka, Valerie Vigl, Melanie Kuffner, Irina Dielacher, Kathrin Spettel, Richard Kriz, Norbert Kreuzinger, Julia Vierheilig, Markus Woegerbauer

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Opportunities, challenges, and difficulties in NMR-based metabolomics applied to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patient follow-up by M. Schoumacher, M. Schoumacher, V. Lambert, M. Campas, P. Blaise, B. Locht, M. Thys, E. Duchateau, E. Cavalier, E. Cavalier, J.-M. Rakic, A. Noël, P. de Tullio, P. de Tullio

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Elevated Serum Levels of the Antiapoptotic Protein Decoy-Receptor 3 Are Associated with Advanced Liver Disease by Giorgos Bamias, Michalis Gizis, Ioanna Delladetsima, Eyfrosyni Laoudi, Spyros I. Siakavellas, Ioannis Koutsounas, Garyfallia Kaltsa, John Vlachogiannakos, Irene Vafiadis-Zouboulis, George L. Daikos, George V. Papatheodoridis, Spiros D. Ladas

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Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…From a randomly sampled small-scaled mill in each community, and for the lone medium and large-scaled mills, four homogenous samples of POME were collected from sampled small, medium and large-scaled mills for laboratory analysis of potential of hydrogen (pH), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total carbon (TC), total solid (TS), total suspended solid (TSS), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Potassium (K), total phosphorus (TP), Calcium (Ca), and Magnesium (Mg) using standard methods for wastewater analysis as described in American Public Health Association. …”
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Epidemiology of neonatal disorders attributable to low birthweight-global burden of disease research, 1990–2021 by Qi Zhang, Lan Luo, Lai-lai Yan, Lai-lai Yan, Jing Guo, Hui-jun Wu, Zi-wei Zhang, Yu-hua Zhu, Rui Qiao, Rui Qiao

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Increased Chemokine Production is a Hallmark of Rhesus Macaque Natural Killer Cells Mediating Robust Anti-HIV Envelope-Specific Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity by Junsuke Nohara, Tyler Evangelous, Madison Berry, Whitney Beck, Sarah Mudrak, Shalini Jha, R. Keith Reeves, Kevin J. Wiehe, Justin Pollara, Georgia Tomaras, Todd Bradley, Guido Ferrari

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A Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genome in Extant Cape Buffalo From Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa by Deon deJager, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal, Paul vanHelden, Brigitte Glanzmann, Cindy Harper, Paulette Bloomer

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How to transform cultivated land protection on the Northeast Tibetan Plateau？ A multifunctional path exploration by Rongrong Ma, Yuhan Huang, Wei Zhou, Jun Ren, Hongyu Wang, Zeyu Shi, Juan Wang

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RBD-displaying OMV nanovaccine boosts immunity against SARS-CoV-2 by Rang Feng, Ruo-Yi Xue, Chang Liu, Guo-Cheng Li, Yan Deng, Zhe Jin, Jing-Yi Liu, Shan-Shan Zhang, Hao Cheng, Man-Ying Guo, Quan-Ming Zou, Hai-Bo Li

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Hematology of common carp following DNA vaccination and koi herpesvirus challenge test by Sri Nuryati, N.A. Maswan, . Alimuddin, . Sukenda, K. Sumantadinata, F.H. Pasaribu, R.D. Soejoedono, A. Santika

“…DNA vaccines encoding the viral glycoprotein of  koi herpesvirus (KHV) have been proved to highly protect the fish under laboratory condition.  A dose of 12.5 µg/100 µl vaccine had resulted in a survival rate of 96.67 % during 30 days after challenge test with a lethal dose of KHV. …”
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Beyond the fever: shotgun metagenomic sequencing of stool unveils pathogenic players in HIV-infected children with non-malarial febrile illness by Patricia Nabisubi, Stephen Kanyerezi, Grace Kebirungi, Ivan Sserwadda, Mike Nsubuga, Grace Kisitu, Patricia Ntege Nahirya, Bonny Mulindwa, George P. Akabwai, Sylvia Nantongo, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Edgar Kigozi, Nsubuga Moses Luutu, Fred Ashaba Katabazi, Leymon Kalema, Andrew Katabalwa, Daudi Jjingo, Gerald Mboowa

“…Samples were collected and subjected to DNA extraction at the Molecular and Genomics Laboratory, Makerere University followed by shotgun metagenomics sequencing at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco. …”
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Preoperative White Blood Cell Count and Risk of 30-Day Readmission after Cardiac Surgery by Jeremiah R. Brown, R. Clive Landis, Kristine Chaisson, Cathy S. Ross, Lawrence J. Dacey, Richard A. Boss, Robert E. Helm, Susan R. Horton, Patricia Hofmaster, Cheryl Jones, Helen Desaulniers, Benjamin M. Westbrook, Dennis Duquette, Kelly LeBlond, Reed D. Quinn, Patrick C. Magnus, David J. Malenka, Anthony W. DiScipio

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Thermal and packaging materials for enhancing the longevity and aroma integrity of fragrant rice during storage by Rajesh Chakraborty, Tuhin Suvra Roy, Jun-Ichi Sakagami

“…From this perspective the experiment was conducted at Agronomy Research Field and consecutively at Agronomy Laboratory of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 during the months from June 15 to November 25, 2022 (Aman season, a rice growing season) to evaluate the performance of storage temperature and packaging materials on aromatic rice. …”
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